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AT HOMEWOOD MUSEUM
The Johns Hopkins University
3400 N. Charles Street,
Baltimore, MD 21211
410-516-5589, homewoodmuseum@jhu.edu
www.museums.jhu.edu
Guided tours on the half-hour 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tue.-Fri, and noon-4 p.m. Sat.-Sun. (last tour at 3:30) $6 adults; $5 seniors; $3 students and children 6 and over; FREE for members
A National Historic Landmark built in 1801 by Charles Carroll Jr. and one of the nation's best surviving examples of Federal period architecture, Homewood Museum is renowned for its elegant proportions, extravagant details and superb collection of American decorative arts, including Carroll family furnishings.

Walking Tour
"HISTORIC HOMEWOOD ARTWALK"
Saturdays, Aug. 30-Nov. 1, 1 p.m. from Homewood Museum, 2 p.m. from the Baltimore Museum of Art, 10 Art Museum Drive
Free
The Historic Homewood ArtWalk covers over 200 years of history in less than a quarter mile. This fun, informative, and free 45-minute guided walking tour covers historic and artistic sites between the two significant collections of American historic interiors and decorative arts at Homewood Museum and the Baltimore Museum of Art.

Special Event
SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM DAY 2008
Saturday, Sept. 27, noon-4 p.m.
Free with Smithsonian Museum Day Admission Card
The JHU Museums are participants in Museum Day 2008, where museums and cultural institutions across the country offer free admission to Smithsonian magazine readers and Smithsonian.com visitors. To receive free general admission, Homewood visitors must present the Museum Day Admission Card available in the September 2008 issue of Smithsonian magazine or downloadable at www.smithsonianmag.com/museumday/. The Museum Day Admission Card is valid for up to two visitors and is limited to one per household.

Special Event
HOMEWOOD BY CANDLELIGHT
Monday, Dec. 8, 5-7 p.m.
$6 public; Free for members
Decorated for the holidays with garlands and boxwood by the Homeland Garden Club, Homewood exudes a festive spirit that is best witnessed at the museum's annual Homewood by Candlelight open house. Glittering candlelight throughout the museum make Homewood appear as it might have in the early 19th century. Rooms will be set for entertaining, the reception hall will be filled with the sounds of early American music performed by renowned artist David Hildebrand, and the Homewood Museum Shop will offer a wide variety of holiday gift-giving ideas for people of all ages. Eggnog and cookies will be served in the wine cellar.

Program
"SEASON OF CELEBRATION AT THE JHU MUSEUMS"
Tuesday, Dec. 9-Tuesday, Dec. 30, museum hours
Regular museum admission
During the Johns Hopkins University Museums' Season of Celebration, see two of Baltimore's most beautiful historic houses decked out in their annual holiday best! With exciting events and programs planned, there's no excuse not to come take a peek. Groups of 15 or more are invited to schedule holiday group tours of Homewood and Evergreen, with options for tea, box lunches, and add-on tours at Mount Clare and/or Hampton National Historic Site. For information, contact 410-516-0341.

Special Event
"HOLIDAY TRADITIONS WEEKEND"
Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 13 & 14, 12-4 p.m.
$1 public, free for members
Visitors of the Johns Hopkins University Museums are invited to enjoy holiday music and decorations, light refreshments, holiday shopping in the Museum Shops, and special $1 admission.

Family Program
"SILHOUETTES FOR THE HOLIDAYS"
Saturday, Dec. 13, noon-4 p.m.
$40 for two copies of each portrait silhouette. Advance, pre-paid reservations required: 410-516-5589.
Watch the magic scissors of Anne Leslie, a master portraitist in the tradition of the silhouette artists of the 18th and 19th centuries, create a perfect gift for the holidays. Leslie is one of the few remaining cut-paper artists still practicing in the Mid-Atlantic, and will create an image of your little ones to treasure forever. Silhouette sittings take approximately 15 minutes. Framing available at additional cost.

Bus Tour
"COME HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS"
Tuesday, Dec. 16, 9:30-4:30 p.m.
$55 public, $50 for Homewood, Evergreen, Hampton, or Mount Clare members. Includes lunch at the Mount Clare Stable and bus transportation. Advance pre-paid registration required: 410-837-3262 or asstdirector@mountclare.org
Get into the old-fashioned holiday spirit and visit four of Baltimore's premiere historic house museums, all decorated in their holiday finest: Mount Clare Museum House (1760), Hampton Mansion (1790), Homewood Museum (1801), and Evergreen Museum & Library (1858). Get a glimpse of how four of early Maryland's most prominent families celebrated this special time of year. The full-day bus tour departs from Hampton National Historic Site, where free parking is available.

 

AT EVERGREEN MUSEUM & LIBRARY
The Johns Hopkins University
4545 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21210
410-516-0341, evergreenmuseum@jhu.edu
www.museums.jhu.edu
Guided tours on the hour 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tue.-Fri, and noon-4 p.m. Sat.-Sun. (last tour at 3)
Guided tours on the hour 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tue.-Fri, and noon-4 p.m. Sat.-Sun. (last tour at 3) Housed in a former Gilded Age mansion surrounded by Italian- style gardens, Evergreen Museum & Library is at once an intimate collection of fine and decorative arts, rare books and manuscripts assembled by two generations of the philanthropic Garrett family, and a vibrant, inspirational venue for contemporary artists.

Exhibition
"SCULPTURE AT EVERGREEN 2008"
Through Sunday, Sept. 28
Free
In response to Evergreen's 150-year history, diverse collections, and natural and architectural environments, contemporary artists have created 10 new site-specific works from a wide and evolving range of materials, methods, and ideas to reflect the unlimited creative imagination of mankind in our attempt to interpret our surroundings. This fifth biennial outdoor sculpture exhibition is curated by Andrea Pollan, director of Curator's Office in Washington, D.C., and features work by Brian Balderston, Sharon Engelstein, Jeannine Harkleroad, Rebecca Herman & Mark Shoffner, Adam Frelin, J Hill, Michele Kong, Wee Lit Tan, Hyungsub Shin, and Mike Womack. Visitors are invited to contemplate the nature and meaning of each work, while enjoying the many diversions offered by Evergreen's beautiful and inspirational location.

Special Event
"GATSBY'S GREAT GARDEN PARTY"
Friday, Sept. 12, Gates open 5:30 p.m., Film screening at 7:30 p.m. (Rain location: Evergreen Carriage House)
Tickets: $8 public, $5 children under 12, free for infants and museum members; available in advance at www.missiontix.com or at the door.
Return to the 1920s and the grandeur of the Gatsby era! Evergreen Museum & Library and the Creative Alliance at The Patterson present a madcap evening of art and film, featuring an outdoor film screening of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic The Great Gatsby (Coppola, 1974) set against Evergreen's opulent Gilded Age mansion. Beer and popcorn will be available for purchase. Filmgoers are encouraged to come early and picnic on the lawn, play croquet, compete for "Best Dressed" in a 20s Summer Whites costume contest, take a self-guided tour of the museum's first floor rooms, see some of Scott's first editions and Zelda's drawings, and explore the biennial outdoor exhibition Sculpture at Evergreen 2008.

Special Event
SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM DAY 2008
Saturday, Sept. 27, 12-4 p.m.
Free with Smithsonian Museum Day Admission Card
The JHU Museums are participants in Museum Day 2008, where museums and cultural institutions across the country offer free admission to Smithsonian magazine readers and Smithsonian.com visitors. To receive free general admission, Evergreen visitors must present the Museum Day Admission Card available in the September 2008 issue of Smithsonian magazine or downloadable at www.smithsonianmag.com/museumday/. The Museum Day Admission Card is valid for up to two visitors and is limited to one per household.

Program
WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP: "OUTDOOR LANDSCAPES WITH LOIS WOLFORD"
Sunday, Sept. 28, 1-4 p.m.
$45 public, $35 members (includes materials and museum admission). Advance paid registration required; call 410-516-0341 for registration and/or more information.
Taught by experienced watercolor artist Lois Wolford, this workshop will explore watercolor's renowned ability to convey the experience of light, as well as form and space, by drawing inspiration from the lush gardens and woodlands of Evergreen's 26-acre historic estate. The workshop is open to artists of all levels from the novice to the professional. Space in the class will be limited.

Lecture
"POLICING IN THE 21ST CENTURY"
William J. Bratton, Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department
Thursday, Oct. 23, 6:30 p.m. (Evergreen Carriage House)
Free. Advance registration encouraged: urbanlecture@jhu.edu or (410) 516-0341.
Los Angeles Police Chief William J. Bratton will deliver the fourth Rebuilding American Cities Lecture, presented by Evergreen Museum & Library and The Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies. One of the most distinguished law enforcement leaders in the country, Bratton is a strong advocate of transparent community policing that embraces partnership, problem solving, and prevention. In his talk, "Policing in the 21st Century," Bratton will discuss what it takes to make and keep a city safe, drawing on his 30 years of experience successfully fighting crime. The talk also marks Evergreen's eighth Garrett Lecture on Urban Issues, which commemorates the interest of the Garrett family the former owners of Evergreen in recreation, civic improvement, and urban planning.

Concert
MUSIC AT EVERGREEN: PENG PENG, PIANO
Saturday, Oct. 25, 3p.m. (Pre-concert gallery talk at 2 p.m.)
Tickets include museum admission: $20 public, $15 members, $10 students; available at www.missiontix.com or 410-516-0341.
The 56th season of Evergreen's Music at Evergreen concert series opens with the Baltimore debut of 15-year-old Chinese piano prodigy Peng Peng. The program includes: Brahms' Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5; Debussy's Suite bergamasque; Peng Peng's Immortal Struggle; and two works by Kreisler/Rachmaninoff: Liebeslied (Love's Sorrow) and Liebesfreud (Love's Joy). Before the concert, Frances Klapthor, associate curator of Asian Art at the Baltimore Museum of Art, will present a free gallery talk on the Garrett Collection of Asian Art. The performance will be followed by a Meet the Artist reception.

Book Talk & Signing
"MARY ELIZABETH GARRETT: SOCIETY AND PHILANTHROPY IN THE GILDED AGE" by Kathleen Waters Sander
Thursday, Oct. 29, Reception and signing at 6 p.m., Book Talk at 7 p.m. (Evergreen Carriage House)
Free
Evergreen Museum & Library, The Johns Hopkins University Press, and the Friends of the Sheridan Libraries present Kathleen Waters Sander, discussing her new book Mary Elizabeth Garrett: Society and Philanthropy in the Gilded Age. Sander will recount the life and times of this all but forgotten influential philanthropist and activist, through the turbulent years of the Civil War to the early 20th century.

Lecture
"THE TRADE IN 19TH CENTURY JAPANESE LACQUERS"
Dr. Monika Bincsik, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Wednesday, Dec. 3, 6:30 p.m.
Free. Advance registration encouraged: evergreenmuseum@jhu.edu or (410) 516-0341.
Dr. Monika Bincsik, curatorial fellow at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and former curator for Japanese art at the Ferenc Hopp Museum for Eastern Asiatic Arts, Budapest, will discuss the changing world of Japanese lacquer art in the Edo and Meiji periods and the role of western collectors and art dealers in this process, including Evergreen's Garrett family, which collected one of the earliest and most distinguished American collections of Japanese lacquer. Presented by Evergreen Museum & Library and the Walters Art Museum Friends of the Asian Collection.

Program
"SEASON OF CELEBRATION AT THE JHU MUSEUMS"
Tuesday, Dec. 9-Tuesday, Dec. 30, museum hours
Regular museum admission
During the Johns Hopkins University Museums' Season of Celebration, see two of Baltimore's most beautiful historic houses decked out in their annual holiday best! With exciting events and programs planned, there's no excuse not to come take a peek. Groups of 15 or more are invited to schedule holiday group tours of Homewood and Evergreen, with options for tea, box lunches, and add-on tours at Mount Clare and/or Hampton National Historic Site, for an additional fee. For information, contact 410-516-0341 or evergreenmuseum@jhu.edu.

Special Event
"AN EVER GREEN EVENING"
Thursday, Dec. 11, 6-8:30 p.m.
$6 public, free for members
Evergreen Museum & Library presents a special holiday evening, featuring themed holiday trees inspired by Evergreen's unique collections and created by some of Baltimore's great interior and landscape designers, architects, and furniture makers. The most special tree will be that representing John and Alice Garrett's tradition within the American Embassy in Rome, beneath which hundreds of gifts were collected and later distributed to the orphans of that city. The museum's contemporary variation will receive unwrapped gifts for Baltimore-area charities. Light refreshments will be served.

Special Event
"HOLIDAY TRADITIONS WEEKEND"
Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 13 & 14, 12-4 p.m.
$1 public, free for members
Visitors of the Johns Hopkins University Museums are invited to enjoy holiday music and decorations, light refreshments, holiday shopping in the Museum Shops, and special $1 admission.

Family Program
"PICK-A-CARD: HOLIDAY CARDMAKING WORKSHOP"
Saturday, Dec. 13, 1-3 p.m.
$5 public, free for members (includes materials and museum admission). Advance registration required: 410-516-0341.
Evergreen curator James Abbott will lead a workshop on the art and craft of card making in the Victorian era. Reflecting the 19th century fascination for souvenir albums and collage, participants will use an array of colorful papers, ribbons, fabrics, and printed illustrations to create holiday and gift cards. Open to all ages.

Family Program
"EDIBLE CRUMBS & DELECTABLE TALES: GINGERBREAD DECORATING & STORYTELLING"
Sunday, Dec. 14. Offered twice at 1-3 p.m. and 2-4 p.m.
$10 public, $6 members (includes materials and museum admission). Advance registration required: 410-516- 0341.
Enjoy dramatic readings of holiday classics while decorating gingerbread men and women. Participants will be provided with two gingerbread people. Icing, dried fruits, and candies will allow for each cookie to leave fashionably attired. Open to all ages.

Bus Tour
"COME HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS"
Tuesday, Dec. 16, 9:30-4:30 p.m.
$55 public, $50 for Homewood, Evergreen, Hampton, or Mount Clare members. Includes lunch at the Mount Clare Stable and bus transportation. Advance pre-paid registration required: 410-837-3262 or asstdirector@mountclare.org.
Get into the old-fashioned holiday spirit and visit four of Baltimore's premiere historic house museums, all decorated in their holiday finest: Mount Clare Museum House (1760), Hampton Mansion (1790), Homewood Museum (1801), and Evergreen Museum & Library (1858). Get a glimpse of how four of early Maryland's most prominent families celebrated this special time of year. The full-day bus tour departs from Hampton National Historic Site, where free parking is available.